Fishhook holder



.May 25, 1937. A. JoHNsoN 2,081,817

FISHHOOK HOLDER Filed oct. 5, 195e ATTO R N EYS Patented May 25, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FISHHOOK HOLDER Andrew Johnson, Butte, Mont.

Application October 5, 1936, Serial No. 104,135

2 Claims. (Cl. 43-32) The invention relates to a ilsh hook holder and more especially to a fish hook fastener for use upon a hat or body wearing apparel.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, wherein one or more fish hooks can be conveniently held when not attached to a fishing line so that such hooks will be readily and easily accessible for use, the device being of novel construction and when the fish hooks are held therein there will be no liability of the same inflicting injury to the possessor thereof and such hooks will be held in order while not in use.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, wherein the same can be worn upon a hat or upon a garment Worn by a person or within a box and when the fish hooks are engaged therein the same will be held in order so that they can be selected for use with dispatch and without injury to a person by contact with the bill or point of the hook, the gut, cord, string or the like being also held when the hook is not in use.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and eicient in operation, susceptible of holding different sizes of fishing hooks, light in weight yet strong, durable, and inexpensive to manufacture. v

With these and other objects in viewfthe invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a device constructed in accordance with the invention showing fish hooks held thereby.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows. v

5 Figure 3 is an end elevation.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

g Figure 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 5o of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 6 is a front elevation of one of the barrels of the device.

Figure 7 is an end elevation of a slight modi- 55 ilcation.

Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 'l showing a further modification.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view showing a further modification. u

Figure 10 is a fragmentary plan view of a fur- 5 ther modification.

Figure 11 is a sectional view on the line II-I I of Figure 10 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Similar reference characters indicate corl0 responding parts throughout the several views in the drawing. x

Referring to the drawing in detail, particularly Figures 1 to 5 inclusive, the device comprises a body plate I0 preferably flat and of elongated 15 formation, being made from rust-proof lsheet metal and isof the required size. On Athe outer.. or exposed side of the plate I0 is superposed a pair of spaced parallel hangers II and I2, re-A spectively, these being made secure and fixed 2o relative to the saidv plate I0 by securing ears I3 which are passed through the plate, that is to say, suitable slots therein and clenched against the rear or back face of such plate. These hangers have rolled therefrom tubular barrels I4, 25 each being transversely slotted to provide spaced gaps or openings I5 of varying sizes with respect to each other for accommodating therein different sizes of fish hooks, the vfish hooks being indicated at I6. Slidably tted in each barrel I4 30 are latching members Il, each formed with a semi-spherical end I8 and are adapted for contact at these ends with each other to intersect the slots or openings I5 and function to hold the fish hooks I6 engaged in said slots or open- 35 ings. Fitted inthe outer ends of each barrel are screw plugs I 9 against which play coiled expansion springs 20, these acting upon spherical or ball members 2l which play against the members I'I for urging the same into latching posi- 40 tion and with the semi-spherical ends contacting with each other midway of the openings or slots I5. Thus the hooks I6 when latched can be frictionally released from the slots or openings I5 by the passage of the hook between the members Il adjacent to and contacting with each other at such slot or opening I5.

On the rear face of the plate I 0 and made permanent thereon is a pair of safety pins 22 50 which are for the purpose of fastening the plate upon a hat or on a garment. Thus sh hooks can be conveniently carried upon the hat or the garment and are readily accessible for use when in the device, such hooks being held in order 55 further modification wherein the hanger 29 has the rounded upwardly and forwardly directed upper portion with the inwardly inclined portion 3l carrying the barrel 32.

In Figure 9 of the drawing there is shown a further modication wherein the barrel 33 carries a sexies of spherical or ball members 34, these being in substitute for the members I1.

In Figures 10 and 11 of the drawing there is shown a still further modification wherein the barrels 35 through the hangers 36 are attached to strips 31 in substitute for the plate I0 and these strips are arranged in spaced parallel relation permanently within a box body, a portion thereof being indicated at 38 and in this arrangement the device will not only hold the hook 39 but also the gut, string, cord or the like constituting the leader 40 attached to such hook, this being an example oi a y hook.

The iish hooks when within the device will be orderly held and will be readily and conveniently accessible for use.

It is to be understood, of course, that in lieu of spherical or ball members both in the preferred and modied forms there can be substituted round end pins which will function for the same purpose as the said members 2|.

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a flat support, a barrel suspended by said support and having spaced transverse openings, latching means held within the barrel, and means urging said means in contact with each other at the openings in said barrel.

2. A device of the character described comprising a iiat support, a barrel suspended by said support and having spacad transverse openings, latching means held within the barrel, means urging said means in contact with each other at the openings in said barrel, and fastening means carried by said support, the said latching means' including a plurality of separable members for contact with each other.

ANDREW JOHNSON. 

